"Brimming" as a technique. Every drill instructor has used the trademark "Smokey Bear" campaign cover as a tool of intimidation, the former DIs said.

This is a daily routine for drill instructors aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, ... Desma will be hanging up his campaign cover after Plt. 2169, his last cycle, ...

(PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.) -- Anyone who wants to be one of 'The Few, The Proud' must first get past a Marine Corps drill instructor. 'DI's,' famous for Smokey Bear hats and bad attitudes, are charged ...

Staff Sgt. Savannah Pizano, a senior drill instructor with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participates in a battalion commander inspection at MCRD San Diego, Oct. 23, 2024. (Cpl ...